Provisions relating to registration

(1) With respect to the registration of a trade union under this Act and the rules thereof, the following provisions shall have effect, (a) an application to register the trade union and printed copies of the rules, together with a list of the titles and names of the officers, shall be sent to the Registrar; (b) the Registrar, upon being satisfied that the trade union has complied with the regulations respecting registration in force under this Act, shall register the trade union and the rules; 14 (c) no trade union shall be registered under a name identical with that by which any other existing trade union has been registered, or so nearly resembling such name as to be likely to deceive the members or the public; (d) the Registrar shall not any combination as a trade union unless in his opinion, having regard to the constitution of the combination, the principal objects of the combination are the regulation of the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters and may withdraw the certificate of registration of any such registered trade union if the constitution of the union has been altered in such a manner that, in his opinion, the principal objects of the union are no longer the regulation of the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or if in his opinion the principal objects for which the union is actually carried on are not the regulation of the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters; (e) any person aggrieved by any refusal of the Registrar to register a combination as a trade union, or by the withdrawal or cancellation of a certificate of registration, may appeal to the Supreme Court within the time and in the manner and on the conditions directed by rules of court to be made for the purpose by the Chief Justice; (f) where a trade union applying to be registered has been in operation for more than a year before the date of such application, there shall be delivered to the Registrar before the registration thereof a general statement of the receipts, funds, effects and expenditure of such trade union, in the same form and showing the same particulars as if it were the annual general statement required by section 27 of this Act to be transmitted annually to the Registrar; (g) the Registrar, upon registering such trade union, shall issue a certificate of registration, which certificate, unless proved to have been withdrawn or cancelled, shall be conclusive evidence that the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made there under with respect to registration have been complied with. (2) The Minister may make regulations respecting the following Matters, (a) the registration of a trade union under this Act; (b) the forms to be used for such registration; (c) the seal, if any, to be used for such (d) the inspection of documents kept by the Registrar under this Act; (e) the fees, if any, to be paid on registration, registering alterations in rules and for inspection of documents; (f) generally, for carrying this Act into effect. 16 (3) No regulations made under this section shall be subject to affirmative resolution.